May 08, 2024
On remand from the Supreme Court and the Second Circuit, the district court decides that the Mall of America landlord isn’t entitled to more than the bargain it made with Sears in 1991.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern District
May 02, 2024
Absent ‘concerns peculiar to bankruptcy’ when there is an arbitration clause, the district court followed Henry Schein by saying that the bankruptcy court should have allowed arbitrators to decide which claims are arbitrable, or not.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern District
April 25, 2024
New York’s Judge Martin Glenn disapproved a lockup agreement masquerading as a plan-support agreement that required the creditor to vote for any plan the debtor might propose.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern District
April 22, 2024
A lawyer was found to have committed fraud on the court for filing schedules claiming ownership of property that another court had found not to be the debtor’s property.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern District
April 15, 2024
Across the board, the district court affirmed a decision by Bankruptcy Judge Michael Wiles that minimized landlords’ claims resulting from lease termination or rejection.
2nd Circuit, New York, New York Southern District
